MR in temporal lobe epilepsy: Analysis with pathologic confirmation

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-27

  Lee, Donald H ^a,c   Gao, Fu Qiang ^a   Rogers, John M ^a   Gulka, Irene ^a   Mackenzie, Ian R A ^b   Parrent, Andrew G ^a   Kubu, Cynthia S ^a   Munoz, David G ^a   McLachlan, Richard S ^a   Blume, Warren T ^a   Girvin, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ATROPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032231898     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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